Look i've never ever understood the way they ref superleague games. It seems far to easy to fix.

You have the linesmen take the defensive line back the 10 meters, and THEY call the penalties for offside exactly the same as football. You have the referee take up a position at a diagonal behind the play of the ball to watch exactly what goes on. It's not rocket science. The ref knows what goes on, and doesn't have to watch the defensive line aswell as the play of the ball.

Also someone give the linesmen a god damn backbone to make decisions. Stop throwing 16 year olds on the line that have never played a competative game of rugby before. Make them call forward passes too for a change.

The trouble is you have another 26 incompetants already on the field and another 4 who can replace some of these. Their EGOS are already inflated by how "perfect" they are , cos they never EVER do anything wrong, especially if they play for your team (strange that) and yet if your team lose it wasn't their fault (even stranger).

What i'm waiting to read on these forums is people bagging their own players constantly with the same vitriol they give match officials.

Why do I think I'm for a long wait?

Go on our board and read posts about Sibbit & Sykes. Or Worrincy and Sheriffe (last year).

Or read bulls4champs posts about Donaldson & Herbert.

Why not have the VR play an active part in policing the game when there is a VR present ? He will usually have a very good view of what is going on . He is wired up to talk to the ref , so his input will be almost instant . He is also usually ( always? ) a top level ref himself , so any decisions he makes should be considered valid .

Until we reach point (like the NRL) where a VR is present at every game, all this will lead to is inconsistency in approach – not just in the way that try decisions are awarded as now but also in general game management. Somehow, I think this will make the situation worse, not better

We could at least trial it at the games where a VR is present . Or maybe it would be interesting to hear from a VR how many times in a game he has wanted to be allowed to involve himself .